Peer Review in a General Medical Research Journal Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although peer review is an important component of publication for new research, the viability of this process has been questioned, particularly with the added stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective

To characterize rates of peer reviewer acceptance of invitations to review manuscripts, reviewer turnaround times, and editor-assessed quality of reviews before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic at a large, open-access general medical journal.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, pre-post cohort study examined all research manuscripts submitted to JAMA Network Open between January 1, 2019, and June 29, 2021, either directly or via transfer from other JAMA Network journals, for which at least 1 peer review of manuscript content w

SUBMITTER: Perlis RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851144 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature